Which describes you best?

Automation, data and hosting that keep your business moving.

I find where your business loses time to manual or disconnected work, then build, host and look after the systems that fix it. One accountable partner from concept to delivery.

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Concept to deliveryOne partner from first call to launch.
Built with POPIA in mindCompliance is designed in, not added later.
Risk-managed deliveryTechnical, data and delivery risks are assessed up front and managed at every stage.
Hosted and monitoredSecurity, backups and health checks as standard.

One partner for the systems behind your business.

Automation and systems

Workflow automation between the tools you already use, plus custom integrations and scripts, so work moves from one stage to the next on its own.

n8n · integrations · AI

Web and app development

Business sites, online stores, booking systems and custom web and mobile apps, built to fit how your business works.

Node.js · custom code · e-commerce

Hosting, servers and databases

Server setup, hosting and database management with security hardening, monitoring, backups and regular health checks.

Linux · Postgres · monitoring

Data and research systems

Custom capture, tracking and reporting systems, with dashboards and apps your team can use, built with POPIA in mind.

pipelines · dashboards · POPIA

Real problems, solved with systems.

Client details are anonymised.

Gamified symptom-reporting system

A South African research institution

The problem

Researchers needed participants to keep reporting symptoms over time, and plain forms were not keeping people engaged.

The approach

Built a custom plugin with tiered progress tracking that rewards consistent reporting, with POPIA compliance considered from the start.

custom plugin · POPIA
How it fits together
reportParticipant reports symptoms
trackTiered progress tracking
storePlugin data store
reviewResearcher reports

Engineered to last, hosted to stay up.

Stack
Node.js and custom-built platforms, n8n for automation, Postgres for data, and custom dashboards, desktop apps and mobile apps for reporting, chosen per project.
Hosting and deployment
Hosting on a Linux server, set up and looked after end to end so you never have to touch it.
Security and reliability
Security hardening, monitoring, backups and regular health checks to keep systems running reliably and performing well.
Risk management
Data, security, compliance and delivery risks are identified before work starts and managed through the project, with backups, monitoring and hardening as standard.
POPIA-aware
Systems for South African organisations are designed with POPIA requirements in mind from the first conversation.
AI where it helps
AI features and analysis are added only where they genuinely speed up work or help the user, never as decoration.
Adoption, not just delivery
Implementation and strategy support so a new system gets used, not left in a drawer.

Three simple ways to work together.

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A defined deliverable, scoped up front and taken from concept to launch.

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Monthly retainer

Managed hosting, maintenance, monitoring and ongoing improvements for sites, stores and systems already running.

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Agency partnership

White-label or subcontract delivery, with extra capacity when your own team is full.

A technical background that sees both sides of the problem.

IT and networks
An engineering and electronics grounding, plus hands-on experience in hardware, networks and software support, so we understand how systems work from the hardware up.
Technology sales and teaching
Experience leading a retail technology department and teaching computer studies, so we recommend what actually fits and explain it in plain language.
Web and systems
We have run multiple online stores and websites in-house, then built Creare Guru around websites, apps and automation, so we design for the people who use the system every day.

What working with me looks like

  • One person from first conversation to delivery, so nothing gets lost between teams.
  • Hosting, monitoring and support available after launch if you want them.
  • POPIA considered from the start for South African organisations, and risks managed throughout.

Tell me where your business is losing time.

I'll map out a practical system, and you'll know what it involves before we start.

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